Language of document :

Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (Second Chamber) of 17 October 2013 – Birkhoff v Commission

(Case F-60/09)

(Civil service – Officials – Referral to the Tribunal after annulment – Remuneration – Family allowances – Dependent child allowance – Child prevented by serious illness or invalidity from earning a livelihood – Application for extension of payment of the allowance)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Gerhard Birkhoff (Weitnau, Germany) (represented by: C. Inzillo, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission (represented by: J. Currall and B. Eggers, Agents and A. Dal Ferro, lawyer)

Re:

Referral back to the Tribunal after annulment – Officials – Annulment of the decision rejecting the applicant’s request for an extension of payment of the dependent child allowance under Article 2(5) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Dismisses the action.

Orders the European Commission to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Mr Birkhoff in Case F-60/09 and Case T-10/11 P.

Orders each party to bear its own costs in Case F-60/09 RENV.